Leviticus 21:8:12Lev.21.8.W12TAB
מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃
mehkadishkhem
“sanctifies you”
- Transliteration
- meh-ka-DISH-khem
- Extended
- meh-ka-DIHSH-khem
- IPA
- /mə.qad.ˈdiʃ.xɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sanctifies you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
meh-ka-DISH-khem
- clause
KA-DOSH yih-yeh-LAKH KI KA-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH meh-ka-DISH-khem
- sentence
veh-ki-DASH-TO ki-ET-LE-khem e-lo-HE-kha HU mak-RIV KA-DOSH yih-yeh-LAKH KI KA-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH meh-ka-DISH-khem
Exegesis
The second ki {כִּ֣י | kî} again marks causality, this time grounded in divine holiness proclaimed by ani YHWH mekaddishkhem {אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם | ʾă-nî Yə-hō-wāh mê-qad-dî-šə-khem} ‘I, the LORD, sanctify you’, where the Piel participle mekaddishkhem underscores God’s active sanctifying. English rendering mirrors the Hebrew’s imperative–causal structure while highlighting priestly function and divine authority in holiness.
Root and etymology
q-d-sh
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Leviticus 21:8
And you shall sanctify him, because he offers the bread of your God . He shall be holy to you, because I, the LORD , am holy, and I sanctify you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 21:8, so the Hebrew word מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ (mehkadishkhem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.21.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.8.W12.S1) and character.